Australia

Doing a bit of travelling at the moment, from the uk originally. Just wondered out of shear curiosity if there was anyone from australia here who knows of any aussy bands. I've never heard anything of an Australian scene in metal, but i thought it would be interesting to ask.

For some reason I keep forgetting that Dead Can Dance are Australian. Perhaps because they don't receive as much attention as Silverchair in the mainstream press, but anyway.

There's not that much good Australian metal, diSEMBOWELMENT is quite good, but I believe they've broken up, Nazxul are decent black metal but nothing revolutionary, Reverand Kriss Hades' of Nazxul has his own solo ambient/black metal project worth checking out, Psycroptic are OK, I saw them live and was very impressed, but typical grindcore/death metal.

Avoid The Amenta like AIDS, they were pretty popular a few years ago, heard the album, was average, saw them live, was dreadful.

Hm, that's about it, there's a reason why Australia is considered a cultural wasteland.

Hm, that's about it, there's a reason why Australia is considered a cultural wasteland.

Yeah. I'm gonna move to Europe.

Some more good Australian bands:-Astriaal (a little generic, but good - try catch them live if you go to Brisbane)-Destroyer 666 (living in Europe now though)-PortalStay away from Striborg and Abyssic Hate.

Nazxul and GoTH are alright, but aren't the same bands they used to be. I'd rather not waste time mentioning the garbage, of which there is no short supply.

Don't expect much of a live scene when you get here. Most of the better bands have either broken up, moved overseas or rarely/never play live. I can't say I blame them really. Spend your time at the beach or something instead.

I live over in Perth. If Austalia is a cultural wasteland and Eastern Australia is apparently our "cultural centre" then Perth can be likened to a small hole in the ground with an Australian flag poking out the top.

Let me make an example of this. When Slayer played a gig over here. (for the first time ever I believe) They played in a shed which is normally the farm animal house during the Perth Royal Show.

I live over in Perth. If Austalia is a cultural wasteland and Eastern Australia is apparently our "cultural centre" then Perth can be likened to a small hole in the ground with an Australian flag poking out the top.

Let me make an example of this. When Slayer played a gig over here. (for the first time ever I believe) They played in a shed which is normally the farm animal house during the Perth Royal Show.

Hi, and LOL.

There's more Australian posters than this... It would be nice to get a bit organized, find out where each other are, and plan meetings like the European/American ANUSheads do.